Historical Events In January - 01

1844  1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history the Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.  

1846  Yucatan declares independence from México on January - 01.  

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)  

1847  On this day in history michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment  

1847  Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing on this day in history.  

1847  On January - 01 michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment  

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on January - 01.  

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

1851  City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on January - 01.  

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps  

1852  On this day in history the first US public bath opens in New York City NY  

1852  On January - 01 1st US public bath opens, in NYC  

1853  On January - 01 the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  On this day in history 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  On January - 01 hans Koessler, composer  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA) on January - 01.  

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)  

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on January - 01.  

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.  

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies  

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on January - 01.  

1861  On this day in history porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on January - 01.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)  

1862  On January - 01 the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) on January - 01.  

1863  On this day in history battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city  

1863  On January - 01 battle of Helena AK  

1863  On this day in history emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln  

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.